Powershell get ipv4 address into a variable

Question

Is there an easy way in powershell 3.0 Windows 7 to get the local computer's ipv4 address into a variable?

Answer 1

Here is another solution:

$env:HostIP = (     Get-NetIPConfiguration |     Where-Object {         $_.IPv4DefaultGateway -ne $null -and         $_.NetAdapter.Status -ne "Disconnected"     } ).IPv4Address.IPAddress 

Answer 2

How about this? (not my real IP Address!)

PS C:\> $ipV4 = Test-Connection -ComputerName (hostname) -Count 1  | Select IPV4Address  PS C:\> $ipV4  IPV4Address                                                   ----------- 192.0.2.0 

Note that using localhost would just return and IP of 127.0.0.1

PS C:\> $ipV4 = Test-Connection -ComputerName localhost -Count 1  | Select IPV4Address  PS C:\> $ipV4  IPV4Address                                                              -----------                                                   127.0.0.1 

The IP Address object has to be expanded out to get the address string

PS C:\> $ipV4 = Test-Connection -ComputerName (hostname) -Count 1  | Select -ExpandProperty IPV4Address   PS C:\> $ipV4  Address            : 556228818 AddressFamily      : InterNetwork ScopeId            :  IsIPv6Multicast    : False IsIPv6LinkLocal    : False IsIPv6SiteLocal    : False IsIPv6Teredo       : False IsIPv4MappedToIPv6 : False IPAddressToString  : 192.0.2.0   PS C:\> $ipV4.IPAddressToString 192.0.2.0